This year, we’ve been working hard to introduce monitoring policies, a new feature designed to simplify and streamline the monitoring configuration process. This set of features is a direct result of collaborating closely with our customers to understand their unique challenges. We've listened to your feedback and are excited to deliver a solution that makes monitoring more efficient and user-friendly than ever before.

We are excited to announce the launch of User Groups, a major update that facilitates enhanced security through access control in InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated. This new feature allows for more granular access management by limiting limited access accounts. Giving customers more access control helps them implement PoLP (“Principle of Least Privilege”) for improved security.

ServiceNow is a popular IT service management platform for recording, tracking, and managing a company’s enterprise-level IT processes in a single location. In addition to helping you manage your ServiceNow CMDB, Datadog also integrates with ServiceNow IT Operations Management (ITOM) and IT Service Management (ITSM), enabling you to automatically create and manage ServiceNow incidents and events from the Datadog platform.

Running Kafka at peak efficiency doesn’t come cheap. But with some smart tweaks, it’s entirely possible to keep costs down while making sure everything flows smoothly. The key is to balance your resource usage across CPU, memory, and storage to get the most bang for your buck. Let’s dive into some strategies that will help you stretch those resources, streamline your Kafka setup, and avoid breaking the bank.

Synthetic monitoring (SM) uses script-based, simulated user interactions to assess the performance and reliability of websites, application program interfaces (APIs), and other digital services. These scripts can mimic typical user behaviors, such as logging in, completing a purchase, site navigation, etc., and run consistently from multiple locations so you get real-time feedback on how your systems handle different scenarios.

We are excited to share that Kentik has been named a Value Leader in EMA’s 2024 Radar Report for Network Operations Observability. This recognition highlights our continued commitment to building an AI-powered, end-to-end observability platform for modern networks, helping network and cloud teams optimize their infrastructures for availability, performance, cost-efficiency, and security.

As the official implementation date approaches for the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) – financial institutions and their information and communication technology (ICT) service providers, across the European Union are gearing up for a significant shift in their operational landscape.

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a powerful and increasingly popular solution that allows businesses to provide secure, scalable, and cloud-based desktop virtualization, usually without the overhead of on-prem infrastructure. However, many organizations underestimate the importance of monitoring, leading to performance, compliance, and cost issues. Today, I will debunk several common myths surrounding AVD monitoring and explain why a proactive approach can save you time, stress and billing costs.

Our Digital Experience Monitoring solutions have made it to the Gartner Magic Quadrant!

Learn how to use Prometheus Pushgateway to track metrics from short-lived jobs and ensure reliable monitoring for all your processes.